"Letter to Ghandi on pacifism" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | HRC/OliveSchreinerLetters/OS-JohnHodgson/58 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Tuesday 12 October 1916 |
| Address From | Dawson Place Mansions, Pembridge Square, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | John Hodgson |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident in Dawson Palace Mansions from October to December 1916.
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1Dear Mr Hodgson
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3I have not been able to write to Mrs Solomon as I’ve been in bed
4ever since I saw you.
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6Don’t trouble to send the books as I’m not able to read any thing
7now, & am going to re-read Gibbon when I get better many thanks
8
9Yours ever
10Olive Schreiner
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12Tuesday.
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2
3I have not been able to write to Mrs Solomon as I’ve been in bed
4ever since I saw you.
5
6Don’t trouble to send the books as I’m not able to read any thing
7now, & am going to re-read Gibbon when I get better many thanks
8
9Yours ever
10Olive Schreiner
11
12Tuesday.
13
Notation
The book referred to it is: Edward Gibbon (1776-1787) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire London: Macmillan.
The book referred to it is: Edward Gibbon (1776-1787) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire London: Macmillan.